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[[File:so_protagonists_7632.jpg|frame|Top to Bottom: Edge Maverick (''[[Star Ocean:
A series of [[Role
▲A series of [[Role Playing Game|Role Playing Games]] developed by [[Tri Ace|tri-Ace]] and published by [[Square Enix]] (Enix before the merger). All of them are set in the same universe, a high-tech [[Space Opera]], but all of them spend a significant amount of time focusing on a [[Medieval European Fantasy|low-tech, high-magic world]]. The games are known for their fast-paced, real-time battle system, and for the Private Action system that allows the main character to interact with party members in towns, which can affect the ending through changing [[Relationship Values]].
The games in the series are:
* ''[[Star Ocean 1
* ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story
* ''[[
* ''[[
There was also a game for the Gameboy Color called ''Blue Sphere'' ([[I Thought It Meant|not to be]] [[Similarly Named Works|confused with]] [[Blue Sphere|that one]]), taking place two years after ''The Second Story'' with all twelve party members available.
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So far, every game except ''The Last Hope'' has had a manga adaptation.
There is also an [[The Anime of the Game|anime]] based on the second game's manga adaptation
Most famously, the creator of this series were the original creators of the [[Tales
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Alien Non
* [[Bishounen]]: In every game. To name just one example from each, there's Ioshua from ''First Departure'', Dias from ''The Second Story''/''Second Evolution'', Albel from ''Till the End of Time'', Faize from ''The Last Hope''...
* [[Black Magician Girl]]
* [[Bonus Boss]]: And how! This series is infamous for the amount of grinding you'll need to engage in if you want to stand a chance against them. The fact that your [[Cap|maximum level]] in the first three games is '''255''' doesn't help things.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: Sometimes multiple, almost always ''huge''.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In pretty much any game with voice acting.
* [[Canon Shadow]]: Most common with the first two
▲* [[Canon Shadow]]: Most common with the first two; which have only four (in the first) and two (in the second) compulsory characters, so the remaining four-to-six you recruit are usually just degraded to making comments about what's happening, although some do have their own subplots that overlap with the reasons for joining. Most of the time, it's a [[Secret Character]] who mostly has characterization in Private-Events.
▲** Welch in the first two.
* [[Catgirl]]: The Lesser Fellpool race.
* [[Conflict Killer]]: Too many to list. There seems to be a veritable revolving door of villains in this series.
* [[Day Old Legend]]: The games do this a lot. It's possible you're just recreating the item for whatever planet you're on, and the [[Flavor Text]] is aimed at us, the audience, but still.
* [[Doing
* [[The End of the World
* [[Evolving Attack]]: Many of the Killer Moves, especially in ''The Second Story''.
* [[The Federation]]: It's rather obvious in the first game they're not even pretending not to rip off ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* [[Genre Shift]]: For a series that's supposed to be set in outer space, you spend an awful lot of time on undeveloped fantasy planets. The fact that the fourth game has space travel as a core gameplay concept could almost be a [[Genre Shift]] in and of itself.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Could very well be renamed ''[[Guide Dang It]]: The Series'' due to the sheer amount of stuff (including items, skills
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Completely averted in the PSP remakes: no matter what you rename your characters, the voice acting still uses canon names
* [[Human Aliens]]
* [[Inevitable Tournament]]: All four games, though only the second game ''forces'' you to compete.
* [[Infinity
* [[Instant Messenger Pigeon]]: Used as the main postal system, and to go shopping in the field.
* [[Item Crafting]]: Each game has an Invention system that varies in mechanics from game to game.
* [[Limited Move Arsenal]]: Type 1.
* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: Somewhat averted. The first two games (especially the enhanced remake) let you surround tough enemies and just beat them up with melees while the mages try to cast their symbology.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: The franchise is known for this. {{spoiler|Which is then averted in the fourth game in favor of an unlockable [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] for each character}}.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]▼
* [[One Steve Limit]]:
▲* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]
▲* [[One Steve Limit]] (Averted: the Ten Wisemen in ''The Second Story'' all have angel names, including Lucifer and Gabriel, but the boss of the bonus dungeon in the same game is ''also'' named Gabriel. ''Till the End of Time'' also has another Lucifer (Luther in the English version), who is of no relation to the one in ''Second Story''. ''Till the End of Time'', at least the Japanese versions, use various demonic names for the Sphere staff (Azazel, Beelzebub, Belial))
▲* [[One Winged Angel]]
* [[Optional Party Member]]: In every game.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Fellpools are humanlike in appearance, but have heightened senses and tails like cats.
** In fact, the series is full of these. [[Catgirl|Fellpools and felinefolk]] are the most prominent, probably followed by [[Winged Humanoid|featherfolk]], but less-common species are represented
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]
* [[Rare Candy]]
* [[Relationship Values]]
* [[Saving the World]]: Or universe. No spoilers needed.
* [[Stuck Items]] - Phia and Ioshua's accessories. ▼
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: The name of the entire series. [[Title Drop|Directly referred to]] in [[Star Ocean 1|the first game]] and the trailer for ''The Last Hope''.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: There are major similarities between ''Star Ocean'' and the ''[[Tales
* [[Time Travel]]: The Guardian allows this. Again, not even bothering to differentiate from ''[[Star Trek]]''. However, its function is expanded greatly in the third game.▼
* [[Time Travel]]:
** Time Travel becomes a part of the plot of ''The Last Hope'' when {{spoiler|a wormhole within a black hole sends the crew back in time to planet Earth in the year 1957. After the crew escapes from Earth as the planet itself is being reduced to antimatter, the crew realizes that the Earth through the wormhole was nothing more than an alternate dimension. Of course, this doesn't make Edge feel any better knowing that handing over the ship's energy core for research to save the future led to the planet's complete destruction. Cue [[Heroic BSOD]].}}▼
▲*
▲** [[Time Travel]] becomes a part of the plot of ''The Last Hope'' when {{spoiler|a wormhole within a black hole sends the crew back in time to planet Earth in the year 1957. After the crew escapes from Earth as the planet itself is being reduced to antimatter, the crew realizes that the Earth through the wormhole was nothing more than an alternate dimension. Of course, this doesn't make Edge feel any better knowing that handing over the ship's energy core for research to save the future led to the planet's complete destruction. Cue [[Heroic BSOD]]
* [[Title Drop]]: ''The Last Hope'' is very guilty of this, though ''First Departure'' does it too.
* [[Tsundere]]: That would be Millie and Reimi of ''First Departure'' and ''The Last Hope'', respectively. Both are the canon heroines.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]:
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* [[Useless Useful Non Combat Skills]]: Of the "Optional" variety. You can beat the game without investing a point into any non-combat skills...but if you do invest time into them? You ''reap'' the rewards! ▼
** The fourth game was later released for the [[Play Station 3]] with some new features and characters.
▲* [[Useless Useful Non
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: The Featherfolk race.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]:
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